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Serbian Orthodox Church uses the Kosher wines, Mogen David and Manashevitzes..Not Sure if there Used For Holy Communion though because they have sulfites in them ,,But they do for the Bride and Groom in drinking from the common cup at a marrage ceremony also at the Memorial Service in Blessing the wheat dish koljivo with wine ..Plus the body at the funeral service ,and Grave with the kosher wine.....

Serbian Orthodox Church uses the Kosher wines, Mogen David and Manashevitzes..Not Sure if there Used For Holy Communion though because they have sulfites in them ,,But they do for the Bride and Groom in drinking from the common cup at a marrage ceremony also at the Memorial Service in Blessing the wheat dish koljivo with wine ..Plus the body at the funeral service ,and Grave with the kosher wine.....

I was always told Manichevez was ok for the post-communion wine, but not to become the blood itself.

Plus the body at the funeral service ,and Grave with the kosher wine.....

We do that, as well. Not the "kosher" part, but the priest pours a glass of wine crosswise into the coffin saying, IIRC, "you will sprinkle me with hyssop, and I shall be clean, you shall wash me and I will be wither than snow".I didn't see this elsewhere, although it is no surprise the Serbs do it.

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I was a Altar Boy Server, i had to hold the Mogen David or the Manichevez and the censor at memorials and our slava's where the priest Blessed the slava kolach bread with the wine...I never thought much about what wine we used, till it was brought up on another thread .awhile back....Then it came to me that the wine that was used is Kosher wine........

I watched a u-tube Romainian Funeral, i did notice the Father . Pouring Wine First covering the face then pouring cross wise ,,same we serb do it... we are the same it looks like ,plus were so close , we share a border.....

Plus the body at the funeral service ,and Grave with the kosher wine.....

We do that, as well. Not the "kosher" part, but the priest pours a glass of wine crosswise into the coffin saying, IIRC, "you will sprinkle me with hyssop, and I shall be clean, you shall wash me and I will be wither than snow".I didn't see this elsewhere, although it is no surprise the Serbs do it.

Serbian Orthodox Church uses the Kosher wines, Mogen David and Manashevitzes..Not Sure if there Used For Holy Communion though because they have sulfites in them ,,But they do for the Bride and Groom in drinking from the common cup at a marrage ceremony also at the Memorial Service in Blessing the wheat dish koljivo with wine ..Plus the body at the funeral service ,and Grave with the kosher wine.....

I was always told Manichevez was ok for the post-communion wine, but not to become the blood itself.

Maybe the serbian Orthodox Church Got a great deal On buying Bulk Kosher wines thats why they used it when i served as a altar boy...,,if I remember ill ask when i go to church if kosher wines, are the norm for All the serbian Orthodox Churches use......

The best wine is that from the vineyard in Jerusalem which was used at the Mystical supper.......Many people make different wines....For me personally every wine is good and suitable for the holy altar, if the head of the house makes it with piety and purity from pure grapes and brings it to the Church with faith in Christ.

The best wine is that from the vineyard in Jerusalem which was used at the Mystical supper.......Many people make different wines....For me personally every wine is good and suitable for the holy altar, if the head of the house makes it with piety and purity from pure grapes and brings it to the Church with faith in Christ.

I don't think so. I think the Prota means that that wine was the very best wine but it was a once only event and we shall never have that wine again. Where did it come from? Did Peter have a small vineyard? Matthew? The answer lies in the next world.

The best wine is that from the vineyard in Jerusalem which was used at the Mystical supper.......Many people make different wines....For me personally every wine is good and suitable for the holy altar, if the head of the house makes it with piety and purity from pure grapes and brings it to the Church with faith in Christ.

I had a Memorial at St. Sava Monastery at the grave site for mom and dad ..The priest opened up a bottle of Mogen David and poured it in a sign of the cross on there graves......If i remember i ask a serbian Father what wine is used for Holy Communion....

Serbian Orthodox Church uses the Kosher wines, Mogen David and Manashevitzes..Not Sure if there Used For Holy Communion though because they have sulfites in them ,,But they do for the Bride and Groom in drinking from the common cup at a marrage ceremony also at the Memorial Service in Blessing the wheat dish koljivo with wine ..Plus the body at the funeral service ,and Grave with the kosher wine.....

I was always told Manichevez was ok for the post-communion wine, but not to become the blood itself.

For what reason would this be?

The wine used for Holy Communion has to be living wine, still fermenting wine, and not wine in which the life of the yeast has been stopped by sulfides. It also must be pure grapes with no other additives.

Michael's answer is still the best: the wine is "red, grape, alcoholic and sweet." As a practical matter, most of the red sweet wines are quite expensive and it would be extravagant indeed to mix such expensive wine with water (warm water to boot!). Ergo, Mogen David and other such sweet red wines..because their cost is reasonable (and because they are not consumed as wine.)

I was just curious, is there a particular variety of wine that is typically used at the altar? Also, does the wine come from specific vineyards that were blessed for that purpose?

There are a few varieties of wine that are more popular; Mavrodaphne from Greece/Peloponnesos (which isn't a brand, but variety, like Merlot), Commandaria from Cyprus (again, variety) are two that come to mind. I've seen a number of parishes that use the kosher wines (Manichewiz/Mogen David), but I think in the few instances they did so because they didn't have an importer and the people who donated brought those varieties.

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